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| Born | May 30, 1909 Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Died | November 26, 1982 Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina Yale University |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Politician, Administrator, Publisher |
| Known for | 2nd President of the Consolidated University of North Carolina |
| Term | 1950-1955 |
| Predecessor | Frank Porter Graham |
| Successor | William Clyde Friday |
| Spouse | Jane Boyden Craige Nancy Maguire Beebe |
Gordon Gray (May 30, 1909 – November 26, 1982) was an official in the government of the United States during the administrations of Harry Truman (1945-53) and Dwight Eisenhower (1953-61) associated with defense and national security. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Frank Porter Graham ( October 14 1886 - February 16 1972) was a president of the University of North Carolina and for a brief period William Clyde "Bill" Friday was born on July 13, 1920 in Raphine Virginia and raised in Dallas North Carolina. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general
Gordon Gray was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Bowman Gray, Sr. and Nathalie Lyons Gray. Bowman Gray Sr ( May 1, 1874 – July 7, 1935) was a former president and chairman of R He was married in 1938 to the former Jane Boyden Craige, and they had four sons: Gordon Gray, Jr. , Burton Gray, C. Boyden Gray and Bernard Gray. Clayland Boyden Gray, born February 6, 1943, is the Special Envoy for European Affairs and Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy at the Mission of the After Jane's death, Gray married the former Nancy Maguire Beebe. His father and later his brother, Bowman Gray, Jr. , both were heads of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. R J Reynolds Tobacco Company ( RJR) based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and founded by R
Gordon Gray graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1930, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research Delta Kappa Epsilon ( ΔΚΕ; also pronounced D-K-E or "Deke" is a Fraternity founded at Yale College in 1844 by 15 men of the sophomore He earned his law degree from Yale University in 1933 and practiced law for two years in New York City before returning to Winston-Salem. UNC presented Gray with an honorary law degree in 1949. He was the second president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina, succeeding Frank Porter Graham in 1950. The University of North Carolina system includes all sixteen public four-year universities in North Carolina, United States and one public residential high Frank Porter Graham ( October 14 1886 - February 16 1972) was a president of the University of North Carolina and for a brief period
Gray began his public life as a lawyer and was elected to the North Carolina General Assembly in 1939, 1941, and 1947, representing Forsyth County. The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U He entered the U. S. Army in 1942 as a private and rose to captain, serving in Europe with General Omar Bradley's forces. Omar Nelson Bradley KCB ( February 12, 1893 &ndash April 8, 1981) was one of the main U Gray's service to the federal government began with his appointment as President Harry S. Truman's assistant secretary of the army in 1947; two years later, he was appointed Secretary of the Army. The United States Secretary of the Army is a civilian office within the Department of Defense with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States He served in this post from 1949 until 1950. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The following year he became director of the newly formed Psychological Strategy Board which planned for and coordinated government psychological operations; he remained in the post until May 1952, all the while continuing to lead the University of North Carolina. The Psychological Strategy Board was a committee of the United States executive formed to coordinate and plan for Psychological operations. Psychological Operations ( PSYOP, PSYOPS) are techniques used by Military and Police forces to influence a target audience's value [1]
In 1954 Gray chaired a committee appointed by AEC chairman Lewis Strauss which recommended revoking Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance. Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss ( January 31, 1896 – January 21, 1974) was an American businessman government department head and US Naval officer The Gray Board, as it was known, issued its split decision on May 27, 1954, with Gray and Thomas A. Morgan recommending the revocation, despite their finding that Oppenheimer was a "loyal citizen. " Dr. Ward V. Evans, a conservative Republican and the third member of the board, dissented, saying that most of the allegations against Oppenheimer had been heard before, in 1947, when he had originally received his clearance. [2]
Gray shocked proponents of public education in North Carolina when he said, in a November 1954 Founder's Day speech at Guilford College, that "if I had to make a choice between a complete system of publicly supported higher education or a complete system of private higher education, I would choose the latter as a greater safeguard of the things for which we live. Guilford College is a small private four-year Liberal arts college in Greensboro North Carolina founded by the Religious Society of Friends (the " [3] Less than a year later, Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson named Gray assistant secretary for international security affairs and Gray's brief career in academia was ended. Charles Erwin Wilson ( July 18, 1890 — September 26, 1961) American businessman and politician was United States Secretary
President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed him to head the Office of Defense Mobilization in 1957, where he served until the office's consolidation in 1958. The Office of Defense Mobilization (ODM was an independent agency of the United States government whose function was to plan coordinate direct and control all wartime Eisenhower then appointed Gray his National Security Advisor from 1958 until 1961. The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Adviser (abbreviated NSA, or sometimes ANSA Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He served on the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under Presidents John F. The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB is an advisor to the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. In 1976, he was awarded the United States Military Academy's Sylvanus Thayer Award. "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, The Sylvanus Thayer Award is an award that is given each year by the United States Military Academy at West Point
Gray was also publisher of the Winston-Salem Journal, chairman of the board of Piedmont Publishing Company and chairman of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Winston-Salem Journal is a daily Newspaper primarily serving the city of Winston-Salem North Carolina and its county Forsyth County North The National Trust for Historic Preservation is an American member-supported organization that was founded in 1949 by Congressional charter to support preservation
His son, C. Boyden Gray, served as White House counsel for President George Herbert Walker Bush. Clayland Boyden Gray, born February 6, 1943, is the Special Envoy for European Affairs and Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy at the Mission of the George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 His nephew, Lyons Gray, is chief financial officer for the Environmental Protection Agency
It is alleged that Gordon Gray was a member of the UFO Conspiracy group known as Majestic 12. Majestic 12 (also known as Majic 12, Majestic Trust, M12, MJ 12, MJ XII or Majority 12) is the purported Code
References
- ^ Staff Member and Office Files: Psychological Strategy Board Files. Harry S. Truman Presidential Library. The Harry S Truman Presidential Museum and Library is a Library and Museum dedicated to preserve the papers books and other historical materials relating to former
- ^ Crow, Jeffrey J. , "'The Paradox and the Dilemma': Gordon Gray and the J. Robert Oppenheimer Security Clearance Hearing. " North Carolina Historical Review 85. 2 (April 2008)163-90.
- ^ qtd in Crow, p. 188
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| Preceded by Kenneth Claiborne Royall |
United States Secretary of the Army June 1949–April 1950 |
Succeeded by Frank Pace |
| Preceded by Robert Cutler |
United States National Security Advisor 1958–1961 |
Succeeded by McGeorge Bundy |
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